diff --git a/labs/osbash/lib/functions.ubuntu.sh b/labs/osbash/lib/functions.ubuntu.sh
index acb31f21..33a73a6b 100644
--- a/labs/osbash/lib/functions.ubuntu.sh
+++ b/labs/osbash/lib/functions.ubuntu.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ function config_netif {
 
     if [ "$if_type" = "dhcp" ]; then
         template="template-ubuntu-interfaces-dhcp"
+    elif [ "$if_type" = "manual" ]; then
+        template="template-ubuntu-interfaces-manual"
     else
         template="template-ubuntu-interfaces-static"
     fi
diff --git a/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/functions-host.sh b/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/functions-host.sh
index f007ed81..eb787dca 100644
--- a/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/functions-host.sh
+++ b/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/functions-host.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ function configure_node_netifs {
         type=${NODE_IF_TYPE[index]}
         if [ "$type" = "dhcp" ]; then
             vm_nic_base "$vm_name" $index
+        elif [ "$type" = "manual" ]; then
+            vm_nic_std "$vm_name" $index
         elif [ "$type" = "static" ]; then
             vm_nic_std "$vm_name" $index
         else
diff --git a/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-manual b/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-manual
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..840b2ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/osbash/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-manual
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+auto %IF_NAME%
+iface %IF_NAME% inet manual
+up ip link set dev $IFACE up
+down ip link set dev $IFACE down